Elder Zhen Ren continued to stroke his beard, his eyes flashing with wisdom.
"To be lost isn't seen as something negative, it is part of the natural flow of life, or… the Way," he said gently.
"When you try too hard to force direction or clarity, you move away from the Way. But when you allow yourself to simply be lost, to stop resisting and let the world guide you, you eventually realign with the natural order of things."
Adam felt his heart stir at those words.
Allow yourself to simply be lost… stop resisting and let the world guide you… realign with the natural order of things, he thought to himself.
"Don't fight your confusion, Brother Ao," Elder Zhen Ren continued. "Accept it. Let yourself drift for now. In stillness and surrender, the path will reveal itself naturally."
Adam sat up straight. He suddenly felt enlightened by those words.
Yes, he thought. He's right!
Confusion is the mist before the mountain. When the mist clears, the mountain still remains!
